Where does “rikkiheksafluoridi” come from?

rikkiheksafluoridi (Finnish) comes from Finnish heksafluoridi, from Finnish heksa-, from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

rikkiheksafluoridi (Finnish): sulfur hexafluoride

Definitions

  1. sulfur hexafluoride

Ancestry of “rikkiheksafluoridi”, step by step

rikkiheksafluoridi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heksafluoridi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheksafluoridihexafluoride
2Finnishheksa-hexa-
3Latinhexa-hexa
4Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
5Ancient Greekἕξsix
6Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Finnish rikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkisulfur, sulphur; broken
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic hwéks →